Émilie Nicolle / Bloomberg:
Polymarket’s trading in contracts related to strikes against Iran reached $529 million, and six new accounts won a total of $1 million betting on the United States to strike Iran by February 28.— As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket – where $529 million was traded on contracts linked to the timing of the strikes – cashed in their profits.
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